Drennen Surname

141,820th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,141 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Drennen Surname Definition:

(Irish) Grandson of Draighnean (blackthorn).

Drennen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,9881:121,30512,958
Australia511:529,32739,816
England411:1,358,97760,528
South Africa401:1,354,44373,245
Argentina121:3,561,951138,643
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland81:467,90212,875
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4791:104,84110,548

Drennen (82) may also be a first name.

Drennen Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Irish) Grandson of Draighnean (blackthorn).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Drennen Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Drennen Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Drennen is most common in The United States. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Drennen? popularity and diffusion

It is the 141,820th most frequently held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 2,320,136 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 95 percent of Drennen live; 95 percent live in North America and 95 percent live in Anglo-North America. Drennen is also the 1,060,447th most commonly occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 82 people.

The surname Drennen is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 2,988 people, or 1 in 121,305. In The United States Drennen is mostly found in: Missouri, where 11 percent are found, Ohio, where 10 percent are found and West Virginia, where 9 percent are found. Not including The United States this last name is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 2 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Drennen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Drennen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Drennen surname grew 624 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 2,050 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Drennen Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Presbyterian (67%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Drennen surname are 20.44% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 67.21% being registered with the party.

The amount Drennen earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 3.26% less than the national average, earning R 229,896 per year; in United States they earn 3.62% less than the national average, earning $41,587 USD per year and in Canada they earn 41.1% less than the national average, earning $29,264 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Drennnen930/
Drnnen920/
Drinnen86404/
Drønnen8669/
Drennin8611/
Drenning80774/
Drønen77331/
Drznen770/
Drinnin71127/
Drinning6783/
Drinnion671/

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Drennen Reference & Research

Drennan/Drennen/Dren FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Drennen
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